Competition regulator

A competition regulator is the institution that oversees the functioning of markets. It identifies and corrects practices causing market impediments and distortions through competition law (also known as antitrust law).^[1] In general it is a government agency, typically a statutory authority, sometimes called an economic regulator, that regulates and enforces competition laws and may sometimes also enforce consumer protection laws. In addition to such agencies, there is often another body responsible for formulating competition policy.

Many nations implement competition laws, and there is general agreement on acceptable standards of behaviour. The degree to which countries enforce their competition policy varies substantially.

Competition regulators may also regulate certain aspects of mergers and acquisitions and business alliances and regulate or prohibit cartels and monopolies. Other government agencies may have responsibilities in relation to aspects of competition law that affect companies (e.g., the registrar of companies).

Regulators may form supranational or international alliances like the ECN (European Competition Network), the ICN (International Competition Network), and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

List of trade blocs and multinational regulators edit

Trade bloc	Regulating organization	Website	Language
Communidad Andina (Andean Community of Nations)		[1]	Spanish
European Union /European Economic Area	European Commission – Directorate-General for Competition	[2]	See: Official languages of the European Union
European Economic Area: Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein (EFTA members)	EFTA Surveillance Authority	[3]	English

List of national regulators edit

Country	Name	ICN	Website	Language
Albania	Competition Authority (Albania)		[4]	English
Algeria	The Algerian National Competition Council		[5]	Arabic, French
Argentina	Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia		[6]	Spanish
Armenia	State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia		[7]	English
Australia	Australian Competition & Consumer Commission		[8] [9]	English
Austria	Wettbewerbsbehörde im BMwA		[10]	English
Barbados	Fair Trading Commission		[11]	English
Belgium	Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence		[12]	French/Dutch
Brazil	Administrative Council for Economic Defense		[13]	Portuguese
Bulgaria	Commission for Protection of Competition		[14] Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine	Bulgarian/English
Canada	Competition Bureau/Bureau de la concurrence		[15], [16]	English/French
Chile	Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia -National Economic Prosecutor's Office		[17]	Spanish
China	State Administration for Market Regulation		[18]	Chinese
Colombia	Superintendency of Industry and Commerce		[19] Archived April 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine	Spanish
Croatia	Croatian Competition Agency		[20]	English
Curaçao	Fair Trade Authority Curaçao	X	[@]	English, Dutch, Papiamentu
Cyprus	Commission for the Protection of Competition		[21]	English
Czech Republic	Office for the Protection of Competition		[22]	English
Denmark	Konkurrencestyrelsen		[23]	English
El Salvador	Superintendencia de Competencia		[24]	Spanish
Estonia	Konkurentsiamet		[25]
Finland	Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (Kilpailuvirasto)		[26]	English
France	Autorité de la concurrence		[27]	French
Georgia	Competition Agency		[28]	Georgian, English, Russian
Germany	Bundeskartellamt		[29]	German
Greece	Hellenic Competition Commission		[30]	English
Hong Kong	Competition Commission		[31]	Cantonese/English
Hungary	Office of Economic Competition (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal)		[32]	English
India	Competition Commission of India		[33]	English
Indonesia	Commission for Supervision of Business Competition, (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha),		[34]	English
Ireland	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission		[35]	English
Iceland	Icelandic Competition Authority		[36]	English
Israel	Israel Anti-trust Authority		[37]	English
Italy	Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)		[38]	English
Japan	Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)		[39]	English
Jersey	Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority, (JCRA),		[40]	English
Jordan	Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade		[41]	English
Kazakhstan	Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for regulation of natural monopolies and Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Competition Protection (Antimonopoly Agency)		[42] [43]	English
Kenya	Monopolies and Prices Commission of Kenya		[44]	English
Kosovo	Kosovo Competition Commission		[45]	English, Albanian, Serbian
Latvia	Competition Council of Latvia		[46]	English
Liechtenstein	Office of National Economy (Amt für Volkswirtschaft)		[47]	German
Lithuania	Competition Council		[48] Archived January 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine	English
Luxembourg	Conseil de la concurrence - Inspection de la Concurrence		[49]	French
Malaysia	Malaysia Competition Commission		[50]	English
Malta	Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority
Mexico	Mexican Federal Competition Commission		[51]	English
Republic of Moldova	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)		[52]	English
Netherlands	Autoriteit Consument & Markt		[53]	English
New Zealand	Ministry of Commerce: Competition and Enterprise Branch and New Zealand Commerce Commission		[54]	English
Nigeria	Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission		[55]	English
North Macedonia	Commission for Protection of Competition		[56]	English
Norway	Konkurransetilsynet		[57]	English
Pakistan	Competition Commission of Pakistan		[58]	Urdu
Peru	Free Competition Commission		[59]	Spanish
Philippines	Philippine Competition Commission		[60]	English
Poland	Office for Competition and Consumer Protection		[61]	English
Portugal	Autoridade da Concorrência		[62]	English, Portuguese
Romania	Consiliul Concurenței (Competition Council)		[63] Archived October 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine	English
Russia	Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia		[64] Archived February 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	English
Singapore	Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore		[65]	English
Slovakia	Antimonopoly Office		[66]	English
Slovenia	Slovenian Competition Protection Agency		[67]	English
South Africa	Competition Commission, South African Competition Tribunal		[68] [69]	English
South Korea	Fair Trade Commission		[70]	English
Spain	Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) before September 2007 Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC)		[71]	Spanish
Sweden	Konkurrensverket		[72]	English
Switzerland	The Competition Council and Competition Commission (COMCO)		[73]	German, French, Italian
Taiwan	Fair Trade Commission		[74]	English
Thailand	Trade Competition Commission		[75]
Turkey	Rekabet Kurumu		[76]	English
Ukraine	Anti-Monopoly Committee		[77]	English
United Kingdom	Competition and Markets Authority		[78]	English
United States	Federal Trade Commission & United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division		[79] [80]	English
Venezuela	Pro-Competencia		[81]	Spanish